http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/KS/Elk/state.html
Here is my photo of the plaque and the bridge:
The bridge surfaced had been redone by the Kansas Wildlife & Parks / Americorps 2001 - names of donors of materials are on the logs:
A nice story…
http://skyways.lib.ks.us/towns/ElkFalls/
Scroll down a bit…
http://www.travelks.com/s/index.cfm?LID=5093&QString=tripsearch%3Da%26keywords%3D%26Page%3D521
Good coverage at Kansas Travel Site…
We had a great visit! We also went to the Elk Falls. That will be the next blog.
Cassoday also has another claim to fame:
I enjoyed my visit. You should stop by sometime - it is easy - there is a Cassoday Exit on I-35!!
Six sites: 1) Brookville Hotel at Abilene, 2) the Chase County Courthouse in Cottonwood Falls, 3) the Eisenhower Center in Abilene, 4) John Steuart Curry murals, Topeka, 5) Keeper of the Plains in Wichita and 6) the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve/Flint Hills in Chase County were honored Friday when they were among the top 24 finalists in a contest to determine the 8 Wonders of Kansas. These six sites are within the 22-county area of the Kansas Flint Hills represented by the Flint Hills Tourism Coalition.
The contest and finalists were announced by Marci Penner of the
The top 8 Wonders will be determined by the public, who can vote for their favorite wonders at 8wonders.org from now until Dec. 31, 2007. On Jan. 29, 2008, Kansas Day, Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius will announce the top 8 Wonders as Kansas.
Each of the 24 finalists was selected based upon what Penner refers to as the 8 Rural Culture Elements: architecture, art, commerce, cuisine, customs, geography, history and people. The Brookville Hotel represents cuisine; the
Penner hopes the project will help to educate both Kansans and others about
To vote, go to 8wonders.org between June 1 and Dec. 31 and vote online for your top eight choices. Be sure to vote for our wonderful
This photo was taken near the end of the third day of the rodeo. All were having a great experience! This rodeo has been held annual since the 1930's, beginning as a ranch rodeo, and growing into a major event in the Kansas Flint Hills.Press Release by the Flint Hills Tourism Coalition:
EMPORIA, Kan. – Tourism is growing in the Kansas Flint Hills and many enterprising individuals are looking for ways to reap the benefits of the increasing number of visitors.
To help these emerging entrepreneurs, the Center for Business and Economic Development (CBED) of the Emporia State University School of Business will hold a pair of workshops in the coming months entitled “Creating and Developing Authentic Flint Hills Products and Services.”
“Much work has been done to identify Flint Hills area producers interested in adding revenue to their farm and ranch operations by developing products and services of interest to the experiential tourists who are becoming a regular part of the Flint Hills landscape,” said Dr. Bill Smith, Director of the CBED. “These workshops, one in February and one in March, will provide the opportunity for these folks to get to know each other, perhaps identify mutual interests, and hear from a panel of like-minded people in different stages of developing their own products and services, from the very experienced to the just-getting-started.”
The first of these workshops – featuring panel members Kent and Rose Bacon, Winston and Jane Sommerfield, and Susan Hauge – will be held on Wednesday, Feb 21, from 1:30-4:30 p.m. in the Roe Cross Conference Room of Cremer Hall, on the Emporia State campus. The second workshop will be held at the same location, at the same time on Wednesday, March 14.
The workshops – developed in partnership with the Flint Hills Tourism Coalition, the Flint Hills Resource Conservation and Development AgriTourism Initiative, and the ESU School of Business Small Business Development Center – are part of a series of workshops designed to enhance tourism in the Flint Hills. The first workshop, held in January, featured a presentation of the Flint Hills Heritage Story Project by Dr. Jim Hoy. Future workshops, to be held once a month through the end of 2007, will feature topics such as tourism marketing, goal setting and risk management in agritourism, and web-site development. More topics for future workshops will be announced at a later date.
For more information, or to register for a workshop, contact Dr. Smith at (620) 341-5345 or by email at wsmith@emporia.edu, or visit the program’s website at www.emporia.edu/business/cbedworkshops.php. There will be a $10 fee charged to all participants.
